Abaradira was a Roman era city in the Roman province of Byzacena.[1][2] Its exact location is unknown but it would have been in the central part of what is today Tunisia.[3]
Abaradira was also the seat of an ancient bishopric.[4] Only one bishop is known from antiquity,[5] a bishop by the name of Praefectianus who was called by the Vandal king Huneric to a conference in 484 AD and sent into exile shortly after this.[6] Abaradira survives as titular bishopric and the title is now held by Marko Semren, auxiliary bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia.[7]
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References
- ^ A. Notit. Byz. N. 2 (a. 482).
- ^ Jean Louis Maier, The Episcopate of Roman, Vandal and Byzantine Africa (Swiss Institute of Rome, 1973) p95.
- ^ Auguste Audollent, v. Abaradirensis, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. I, (Paris, 1909), col. 13
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p58-59.
- ^ Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p.1246.
- ^ Theodore Ruinart, Viktor von Vita, The history of the persecution: Vandalicae in two distinct parts.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.07.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2018.